Dutch · Beginner
Adapted from The Ant and the Grasshopper
A grasshopper spends the summer singing while an ant stores food for winter.
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Scene 1 · Beginner
Op een zomerdag sprong een sprinkhaan door een veld en zong. Een mier kwam voorbij met een aar vol graan. Hij had veel moeite om die naar het nest te dragen.
On a summer day, a grasshopper hopped through a field and sang. An ant came by carrying an ear of grain. He had a hard time carrying it to the nest.
‘Kom je met me praten?’ vroeg de sprinkhaan. ‘Waarom werk je zo hard?’
“Will you come and talk with me?” the grasshopper asked. “Why are you working so hard?”
De mier vertelde dat hij voedsel voor de winter verzamelde. Hij gaf de sprinkhaan de raad om dat ook te doen.
The ant explained that he was gathering food for the winter. He advised the grasshopper to do the same.
Maar de sprinkhaan vond dat nog niet nodig, want er was op dat moment genoeg voedsel. De mier liep verder en bleef hard werken.
But the grasshopper didn’t think that was necessary yet, because there was enough food at the time. The ant walked on and kept working hard.
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